S+H Staff

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Washington – NIOSH on March 8 published a final rule that updates its testing and certification requirements for closed-circuit escape respirators.

Oxfordshire, England – Young drivers in rural areas are 37 percent more likely to be involved in an injury-causing roadway incident compared with their urban counterparts, according to a UK-based study released in February by Road Safety Analysis.

Washington – Security guards are twice as likely to suffer fatal workplace injuries as workers in general, and their deaths are mostly caused by assaults or other violent acts, according to a new analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Elk Grove Village, IL – An annual average of nearly 27,000 injuries occurred to children and teens younger than 19 who lived or worked on a farm during a five-year period, according to a new study conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Lansing, MI – Michigan’s state-run occupational safety and health program should revise or eliminate rules that exceed federal OSHA requirements, the Michigan Office of Regulatory Reinvention suggested in a report released March 12.

Berkeley, CA – Fatalities associated with handheld cell phone use declined nearly 50 percent and traffic deaths overall declined 22 percent in the two years following a July 2008 handheld cell phone ban in California, according to a new study released March 2 by the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center at the University of California, Berkeley.

Washington – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters on March 7 filed counterarguments with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Amherst, MA – Older drivers, including those older than 70, can change unsafe driving habits through information and intervention, according to a study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.